Artists I Love

With temperatures soaring, I had my first ice cream cone of the season, a scoop of butter pecan on a sugar cone from Ed’s Real Scoop. Voted the best homemade ice cream in the city, Ed’s was worth the trip across the city. With ice...

Hi Folks,
A family emergency came up so posting for B is for Books will be spotty for the next couple of weeks. Meanwhile I’ll be posting scans from my library of Richard Scarry collections.
Thank you for your patience!
Thao
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One event that I look forward to every year is The Toronto Comic Arts Festival, a week-long celebration of comics, graphic novels and their creators. It’s impossible to not get inspired as I wander through the festival. There is simply so much talent. With very...

The Toronto Librarians are on strike. There is no need to panic… Ahhhhhhhh!
Failing to reach a labour agreement over the weekend 2,400 librarians went on strike. All 98 library branches across Toronto are close as of Monday. The library is asking borrowers to hold on...

My local library was the first library in the British Empire devoted exclusively to children. The Lillian H. Smith Public Library was first open in 1922 under the name of the Boys & Girls House Library. The library has gone through a lot of changes...